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ISBN: 9780128005996 , 0128005998 , 9780128005132 , 0128005130

Note: Front Cover -- PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY -- PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society -- Copyright -- The Thread of Thought -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Exordium -- E-0.0 Introduction -- E-1.0 Organization of Physical Chemistry: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society -- E-2.0 The Goal of Science -- E-2.1 The Scientific Method Is a Set of Rules -- E-2.2 Advances in Science Are More Than Following a Set of Rules -- E-2.3 "Hard" and "Soft" Sciences -- E-2.4 Pseudoscience: A "Scientific Study" -- E-3.0 The Experimental and Historical Sciences -- E-4.0 Chess: A Metaphor for Science -- E-4.1 Feynman's Metaphor of Chess -- E-4.2 Beyond Feynman: The Chess Metaphor Is Much More Than Rules -- E-4.3 Strategies in Chess and the Experimental Sciences -- E-4.4 Retrochess and the Historical Sciences -- E-5.0 Scientific Definitions of Fact, Hypothesis, Law, and Theory -- E-5.1 Fact -- E-5.2 Hypothesis -- E-5.3 Law -- E-5.4 Theory -- E-5.5 Perpetuation of Misinformation by Dictionaries -- E-5.6 Perpetuation of Misinformation Through Synonyms -- E-5.7 Gravity: A Fact, a Hypothesis, a Law, and a Theory -- E-6.0 Knowledge, Understanding, and New Learning -- E-7.0 Science as an Everyday Experience -- References -- 0 - Science and Society: An Overview -- SS-0.0 Introduction -- SS-1.0 Earth Is a Paludarium -- SS-1.1 Discovery of Easter Island -- SS-1.2 Decline of Easter Island -- SS-1.3 The Future of Easter Island -- SS-1.4 Easter Island and Earth-A Comparison -- SS-2.0 Science and Technology: A Change in Society -- SS-2.1 The "Save The....." Syndrome -- SS-3.0 The United States: An Experiment in Government -- SS-4.0 Notable Presidents Whose Leadership Helped Make America Great -- SS-4.1 First President: George Washington (1732-99) -- SS-4.2 Third President: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- SS-4.3 Sixteenth President: Abraham Lincoln (1809-65). , The Dred Scott Ordeal -- The Lincoln-Douglas Debates -- Cooper Union Speech -- SS-4.4 Twenty-Sixth President: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) -- A Reluctant Vice President-1900 -- President-1901 -- Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency -- SS-4.5 Thirty-Second President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) -- Polio -- 1932 Presidential Election -- The Great Depression-The Road to Recovery -- FDR, the Environment, and Conservation -- World War II -- A Warning From the Scientists -- 1940 Election -- The Day of Infamy -- SS-4.6 Thirty-Third President: Harry S Truman (1884-1972) -- The Road to the Presidency -- The Presidency and Responsibility -- The End of World War II -- The Presidency: The Second Term -- Ghosts in the White House and "Harry the Builder" -- The Truman Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri -- SS-4.7 Thirty-Fourth President: Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969) -- West Point -- World War I -- Between World Wars-The Highlights -- World War II -- Eisenhower and Responsibility -- Eisenhower and the Nazi Camps -- The Presidency of Columbia University-Democracy Through Education -- The Eisenhower Tree -- Eisenhower as President of the United States -- The Cabinet of "Eight Millionaires and a Plumber" -- Relationship With the Press -- Eisenhower on Nuclear Weapons -- Suppression of the Spread of Communism: "Under God" -- "In God We Trust" -- Eisenhower on Space Science -- Science and Technology -- Domestic Programs -- Military-Industrial Complex Speech -- SS-4.8 Thirty-Fifth President: John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (1917-63) -- SS-5.0 The Jefferson Nickel and the Kennedy Half Dollar -- SS-6.0 How Mammals Learn -- SS-7.0 Logical and Intuitive Responses -- SS-8.0 Logic and the Complexity of a System: The Metaphor of Checkers and Chess -- SS-8.1 Complexity of the Brain, Supercomputers, and Chess -- The Brain -- The Supercomputers. , The Game of Chess -- SS-8.2 Deep Blue Plays Garry Kasparov in a Chess Match -- Deep Blue -- Deep Blue Versus Kasparov -- The Aftermath -- SS-8.3 Watson Plays Jennings and Rutter in a Game of Jeopardy! -- Watson -- The Outcome -- SS-9.0 Can Something "Hard" Capture the Attention of the General Public? -- SS-9.1 The Chess Craze of 1972 -- SS-9.2 To Be Excited About the Science That Affects the Future -- SS-10.0 Body Parts and Decision Making: Head, Gut, Heart, and Sex Organs -- SS-10.1 Head Versus Heart Decisions -- SS-10.2 Head Versus Gut Decisions -- SS-11.0 Structure of Society -- SS-11.1 Common Endeavor of the Scientific Community -- No Barriers Between People and Religion -- No Barriers Between People and Religion -- The Common Endeavor -- SS-11.2 The Diversity of Views in Government -- SS-11.3 The Diversity of Views in Religion -- SS-11.4 The Diversity of Views in Society -- SS-11.5 The Structure of Society: A Venn Diagram -- SS-11.6 Society as a Three-Legged Stool -- SS-12.0 Metaphor of Science in Society: The Lone Ranger Episode 100 "The Devil's Bog" -- SS-12.1 Who Was That Masked Man? -- SS-12.2 Episode 100: "The Devil's Bog" -- SS-12.3 "Devil's Bog" Is a Taste of Reality -- SS-13.0 Intertwinement of Science and Society -- SS-13.1 Spectrum of Views in Society Regarding Scientific Conclusions That Affect Society -- SS-13.2 In the Face of Evidence -- Heavy Rains and Flooding in the Midwest -- Things Come in Threes: A Tale of Three Hurricanes-August and September, 2017 -- Other Evidence for Climate Change -- SS-13.3 Human-Induced Climate Change Is a Conspiracy -- Inhofe: Global Warming Is a Hoax -- Inhofe: Global Warming Is a Conspiracy -- SS-14.0 Periods of Change in Society: The "Three Faces of Eve" -- SS-14.1 The First Face of Eve: Period of the People (1900-80) -- Society in 1956: Global Population 3Billion People. , The Government Thinking From 1900 to 1980 -- SS-14.2 The Second Face of Eve: The Period of the Corporations (1980-2015) -- Society in 2016: Global Population of 7Billion People -- The Government Thinking From 1980 to 2016 -- SS-14.3 The Third Face of Eve: The Period of Babel (2016 to ???) -- "The Times They Are A-Changin" -- Public Dissatisfaction With the "Business as Usual" Government -- SS-15.0 The Years 2016 and 2017: A Beginning of the New Era in American Society? -- SS-15.1 The Outliers: The Janus-Faced Pair -- Donald Trump -- Bernie Sanders -- SS-15.2 The 2016 Presidential Primaries Campaigns -- The Republican Choice -- The Democrat Choice -- SS-15.3 The 2016 Presidential Election -- SS-15.4 A "Landslide" Election: An Obsession With Numbers -- SS-15.5 Mine Is Bigger Than Yours -- SS-15.6 January 21, 2017 -- SS-15.7 A New Political Base in American Society -- SS-15.8 Trump: In the Image of Giuseppe Pinetti -- SS-15.9 Trump: A Fuller Story Behind the Polish -- Of Kings and Queens and Common Folk -- The Very Rich and Common Folk -- The Trump Fortune: In the Beginning -- The Formal Education of Donald Trump in a Nutshell -- Trump Buildings and Race Discrimination -- SS-15.10 The Predictability of Trump -- Donald Trump: In His Own Words -- Donald Trump: In His Biographies -- SS-15.11 The Predictability of the Unpredictable -- SS-15.12 The Predictability of the Trump Cabinet: The Bizarro World -- SS-15.13 The Twitter Twit -- Of Words -- Of Form -- Of Language -- Of Content -- SS-15.14 The First 100Days -- Drain the Swamp -- Reaping the Rewards of Government -- SS-15.15 Accomplishments in the Bizarro World of Pmurt: First 10 Months -- Promises to the Middle Class -- Weird Cabinet Meeting-The Loyalty Statement -- Trump's Obsessions With Clinton and Obama -- SS-15.16 The Military -- Soldiers Who Were Prisoners of War. , Soldiers Who Gave Their Ultimate Sacrifice for Our Country -- Phone Calls to Families of Fallen Soldiers -- Purple Hearts -- SS-15.17 Puerto Rico and Haiti: The Insensitivity of Trump -- Puerto Rico and Hurricanes Irma and Maria -- Haiti and Thanksgiving -- SS-15.18 The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself -- SS-15.19 He Ain't No Truman -- SS-15.20 What Makes America Great: The First Amendment to the Constitution -- SS-15.21 What Makes America Great: The Freedom of the Press -- SS-15.22 What Makes America Great: The Freedom to Protest -- Protests: Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017 -- Protests: March for Science on Washington, April 22, 2017 -- Peoples Climate March-April 29, 2017 -- Protests: Politics and Security Forces -- Protests: Racism and Policy Brutality -- Protests: The NFL, the "Star-Spangled Banner," and the First Amendment -- Protests: Protesting the NFL Protesters-White House Style -- Trump and the NFL: A Parody of Parodies -- The National Anthem and Sports -- 36 US Code 301-Behavior During the Playing of the National Anthem -- The Obsession of Trump to Divide the Nation -- Depoliticize Sports -- An Alternative Patriotic Song at Events -- SS-15.23 Our Government Has Been Wedgied -- Intelligent Designer -- The Green Dragon -- SS-15.24 The Head Trumps the Gut -- SS-15.25 A Comparison of Presidential Styles -- George W. Bush-Terrorist Attack -- Donald Trump-Terrorist Attack -- Richard M. Nixon-Republican Election Tampering -- Donald J. Trump-Russian Election Tampering -- SS-15.26 The Voices of the Women Be Heard -- SS-15.27 The Twenty-Fifth Amendment -- SS-16.0 America as the Melting Pot -- SS-17.0 The Only Thing Constant About Change is Change -- References -- 1 - Philosophy of Science -- 1-0.0 Introduction -- 1-0.1 What Do We Know About Science? -- 1-0.2 What Do We Know About the Physical World Around Us?. , 1-1.0 Eastern Philosophy and Western Philosophy.

Language: English